Blogs from Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 24

So my next stop after Christmas was Lyon. Im staying with a good friend, Cyril, his younger sister and older brother. Yesterday and today I have been out cruising the city. Of all the places I have seen so far, Lyon has by far been the prettiest. The city has a vibrant nature and the streets are filled with peole, young and old, gay and straight, black and white. Everybody is so happy and frendly. Yesterday I went o a part in Old Lyon City and from there to cathedral on the hill overlooking the city, as seen in the pictures. Today I went for motercycle ride through the city fron to back and it was so special. While on the back of that bike I felt like crying. I have never seen anything this pretty ... read more

After leaving Geneva I was headed for Lyon, where I met a friend I met in Ireland on my Paddywagon tour, Sara (from Melbourne) and her cousin. The girls are there studying, and we headed back to the flat they are staying at, which is very impressive. After they saw a few photos of me from last year's travels I was told I looked far younger then than now! Thanks!!!! But perhaps this travelling has aged me! After a while we headed out to where the girls recommended, and after walking around for a while taking in the growing atmosphere, there was a big band playing new age songs, which was pretty cool, along the narrow cobbled streets of Lyon. With Lyon the gastronomical capital of France, we were spoilt for choice with the number of ... read more

Today was mainly a transit day - I don't know if I will be able to update this every day but anyway we ended up travelling to Lyon in france to check out Napoleons holiday home where we held his famous speech. Later that day we afived in Lyon to dine on some snails and frogs legs then go out for a few drinks and head off to bed very late again.... read more

PHOTOS AND FRENCH VERSION TO FOLLOW SOON... Lyon, situated on two rivers (the Saune and the Rhone/Rhine), with a charming old quarter recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, site of the Basilica with its amazing murals, home to the famous Jacquard silk, and also the residence of STEF, my friend Stef from Belgium (as she is constantly reminded by all the Frogs who are hopelessly provincial and mock her charming accent and her relentlessly cool Belgian slang). I visited Stef for about four days, first stopping at a party in the Alps, like you do, thrown by her friends. I met a Frenchman there who likes feminists - yes, a Frenchy who not only isn't sleazy but actually likes femos! It's crazy. Actually, pretty much everyone at the party was lovely, very friendly (don't ... read more

Hey peeps, just lost a massive entry so im keeping this short or ill get annoyed repeating myself. Plus these foriegn keyboards are driving me nuts!!! Spent a day in Paris, beautiful city, architecture second to none. Weve seen Mona Lisa, Eiffel Tower, Arch of Triumph, De Leuve (from da vinci code) and Notre Dam in latin quatre, the coolest part of the city. Unfortunately the french there dont want to give us the time of day. So next day went to Lyon. Soon as we got off train we met backpackers who showed us cheap Hostel. In eve we met lots of french, germans and many skandinavians. Spent all night chatting despite the language barriers, really cool night. Today Pierre and Sebastian are showing us around. Alex guided us here cause its where the father ... read more